Crayons and childhood go hand in hand, so it's only natural that your kid will love a Crayon Party. You'll enjoy planning, too. It's a cute and original kids party theme and you'll find so many wonderful products to help you host a memorable party.

Here are some colorful ideas to get you started on a crayon party:

Crayon party invitations. Print your own crayon invitations easily with the template provided. Just modify the details with your party information and glue the labels onto real crayons.

Hand made crayon favors: The colorful people of ETSY have made a variety of birthday party crayon favors in fun party shapes: ice cream cones, cupcakes, personalized letters -- even crayon mermaids, owls or other party themes for your other kids parties! They even have soaps that look like crayons. Search crayon chocolates

Crayon party foodsFor a Crayon Party, just add food coloring to foods your child loves! There are a host of colorful ideas to get you started:

Fun with food coloring:

Rainbow layer cake. Bake a rainbow layer cake using a different food color for every layer. You may even like to use confetti sprinkles in the vanilla batter.

Colorful Nachos. Set out an array of nacho dip bowls and mix a different color in each bowl. No double dipping!

Rainbow parfaits: Make rainbow parfaits (cut gelatin in a rainbow of layers Mixpowdered food coloring in your ice cream to

Crayon cookies: Crayon cookie cutter will help you make crafts (use it like a stencil). Add a bit of food coloring to our easy Big Batch Sugar Cookie recipe and use a rainbow assortment of cookie sugars for the finishing touch.

Crayon cake sugars: Edible decoration for cakes, cookies, cupcakes, chocolates and confections, you'll find crayon cake sugars are a must for your crayon party. You'll get 120 of them, but you'll find so many uses for these hand "painted" beauties. Impress guests with your creativity and attention to details.

Colorful Candies and confections: Skittles,

Note: Starburst Fruit Chews are pretty, but e careful with little ones as they may pose a risk of joking. Use them for display, but keep them out of reach to your littlest guests.

Real Crayon PartiesThese kids parties are colorful and we hope they inspire you to host a crayon party of your own:

Crayon birthday party: June's Crayon party was colorful fun. Mom took advantage of the back to school sales on crayons and bought hundreds of crayons for around $5.

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